## you jump around like a calf stamping in its pasture ##

This compares the people of Babylon to a calf who runs around joyfully in a meadow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## stamping ##

See how you translated this in Jeremiah [Jeremiah 47:3](../47/03.md).

## you neigh like a powerful horse ##

This compares their happiness to the happiness of stallions that are neighing - making loud noises. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## So your mother … the one who bore you will be embarrassed. ##

The same idea is expressed in two different ways for emphasis. This compares the ancestors of the Babylonians to a mother in a family. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert ##

These words have basically the same meaning for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

## shudder ##

shake violently due to fear

## hiss ##

make a sound like a snake that means great disapproval